The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of abusing authority vested in him under the Presidential Powers (Temporary Measures) Act to stifle citizens’ freedoms. In its 2019 state of human rights report released yesterday, the human rights lobby group noted that Mnangagwa enacted three statutory instruments […]
Zimbabwe’s billion dollar mining sector wants to wholly retain foreign currency receipts to be able to pay royalties, taxes and other levies which the authorities want them paid fully in United States dollars in a fresh headache for the forex starved economy. The mining sector contributes over 60 per cent […]
Oxford historian, Prof Miles Tendi says the late national hero dismissed Mnangagwa’s liberation struggle credentials as meagre University of Oxford professor of history and African politics, Prof Miles Tendi, has given four reasons why the late General Solomon Mujuru did not want President Emmerson Mnangagwa to succeed the late former […]
Newsday Editorial Comment BRITAIN, Zimbabwe’s most promising ally in its quest to re-join the Commonwealth and pay arrears to international financial institutions, says it will not be supporting Harare following the brutal crackdown on protesters by security forces and government’s continued disregard for civil liberties. The British are actually considering […]
By Vera L. Songwe The debate on the benefits of trade has dominated this decade, and Africa has cast its vote for more and better trade with itself. In March 2018, African countries signed a landmark trade agreement, the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (AfCFTA), which commits countries to […]
By Danai Mwarumba The Zimbabwean government has briefed the African Union (AU) and Southern African Development Community (SADC) member states about the prevailing atmosphere in the country following economic and political problems. President Emmerson Mnangagwa has dispatched special envoys to brief SADC and AU chairpersons about the crises. He blamed […]
Editor’s Note: Below is a viewpoint from Chapter 6 of the Foresight Africa 2019 report, which explores six overarching themes on the triumphs of the past years as well as strategies to tackle the remaining obstacles for Africa. Read the full chapter on boosting trade and investment. By Yun Sun […]
Zimbabwe’s Vice President Constantino Chiwenga is receiving treatment in South Africa, the second time in four months, after falling ill last week, a privately owned newspaper reported on Monday. The health of Chiwenga, 62, is closely followed in Zimbabwe because he is widely seen as the power behind President Emmerson […]
By Obey Manayiti After spending two weeks in hiding, MDC activist Julius Chogodora believed he had escaped a deadly clampdown by security forces that followed protests that rocked Zimbabwe a fortnight ago. Chigodora, a member of the MDC’s district executive committee in Harare’s Glen Norah suburb, was now spending his […]
Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has denied reports of a rift between himself and his deputy, a former army general who led the coup that toppled longtime ruler Robert Mugabe. Rumors had been circulating in Zimbabwe that an attempted coup was staged in January while President Mnangagwa was abroad on a […]